Dirty Peanut – Purple

The Dirty Peanut – Purple is a high-performance foam dry fly that reimagines Dornan’s Circus Peanut as a true topwater powerhouse for stonefly and terrestrial fishing. Designed with a signature double foam body and bold purple coloration, this modern Chernobyl-style pattern delivers unmatched buoyancy, visibility, and fish-attracting movement. Whether skated across the surface or dead-drifted along a seam, the Dirty Peanut mimics everything from adult stoneflies to hoppers and beetles with uncanny realism.

Its purple body and rubber legs add extra contrast in low light or off-color water, making it especially effective on cloudy days or in shaded runs. The double foam design not only keeps it riding high in fast water but also adds durability, ensuring it stays in shape strike after strike. Ideal for Western rivers, pocket water, and summer terrestrial season, the Dirty Peanut – Purple is equally at home as a solo fly or the lead in a dry-dropper rig.

To fish the Dirty Peanut effectively, cast tight to banks, seams, or foam lines and let it drift naturally—or add a twitch to mimic a struggling insect. It shines in aggressive feeding scenarios and when trout are hunting big, buggy meals on the surface.